Usajobs applications-will I eventually be notified if not selected?

[Anonymous]

I applied for a few jobs on Usajobs and have heard nothing. Will my status eventually be updated to reflect the fact that I wasn't referred, or selected for an interview, so at least I know? Or do some agencies just let you hang in limbo forever?

[Anonymous]

Most agencies update the status, but I've had a few that never did. In some cases, the status was updated months and months later. Any time I got an interview I was notified and it always came by email from their HR department.

[Anonymous]

I applied for nearly 80 jobs 5 years ago and only received notification on a few. Maybe 20%.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I get notifications over a year later and have no recollection of applying for the job by that point.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Each agency is different but sometimes you will, sometime you won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I applied for a few jobs on Usajobs and have heard nothing. Will my status eventually be updated to reflect the fact that I wasn't referred, or selected for an interview, so at least I know? Or do some agencies just let you hang in limbo forever?

If you did not get a call for the interview three weeks after the closing - you were not selected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I applied for a few jobs on Usajobs and have heard nothing. Will my status eventually be updated to reflect the fact that I wasn't referred, or selected for an interview, so at least I know? Or do some agencies just let you hang in limbo forever?

If you did not get a call for the interview three weeks after the closing - you were not selected.

This has not been my experience. I once applied close to the closing date in February and was contacted in late June for an interview.

[Anonymous]

I don't think that's true. For one job I applied for, I didn't hear anything until 6 weeks later when they called to schedule an interview, and for another, I didn't hear anything until 4 months later when they called to schedule an interview. Each agency is different and for most, 3 weeks is not that long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I applied for a few jobs on Usajobs and have heard nothing. Will my status eventually be updated to reflect the fact that I wasn't referred, or selected for an interview, so at least I know? Or do some agencies just let you hang in limbo forever?

If you did not get a call for the interview three weeks after the closing - you were not selected.

No don't assume that. Fed HR is e...x...t...r...e...m...e....l...y slow. Contact the HR POC after a few weeks.

[Anonymous]

If you weren't referred, then obviously it's a no. If you were referred, it can take months before the status updates. Really depends.

[Anonymous]

Your suppose to check your status on your application page. It gets updated randomly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think that's true. For one job I applied for, I didn't hear anything until 6 weeks later when they called to schedule an interview, and for another, I didn't hear anything until 4 months later when they called to schedule an interview. Each agency is different and for most, 3 weeks is not that long.

+1 I applied for my current job in October, forgot about it completely, and was called to interview in February.

I also applied for tons of other jobs and mostly got no responses. Super frustrating.

[Anonymous]

No , the entire website is a joke mostly taken jobs that have to appear open

[Anonymous]

I've always had jobs updated fairly quickly, but have only applied to a handful.